The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, October 07, 1897, Image 6
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Short Items of Interest Gathered
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From All Parts of the State.
I ADDITION LICENSE FEES.
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Tillman Will Stand By What He Said
At Abbeville ? No Injunction* In
t l>ry Towns.
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There is still a division 01 opinion
among the lawyers of Columbia as to
the jitwer of magistrates in instituting
criminal action for non-pavmeut of poll
taxes. Tne comptroller geneval says
that magistrates had no jurisdiction in
such matters. He holds that the
magistrates in attempting to collect
delinquent poll tuxes are only acting as
deputies of sheriffs, who are charged
with the collection of delinquent taxes,
and that they enjoy only as much
ipoA-er in this matter as is legally
vested in the sheriffs for whom they
act Executions, said the comptroller
general, could be issued against either
tne real or personal property of those
who failed or refused to pay their pel!
"taxes and enough of said property exu
be sold to liquidate their in lebteduess.
Neither homestead exemption nor any
debts could protect property from executions
levied to secure the collection
of delinquent taxes.
Senator Tillman was in Colombia last
r\n nrivntp hnsineSS. He Was
asked about the removal of the metropolitan
police from Charleston by a
fff- representative of the News and Courier,,
aod said he had nothing to say
" about anything that was going on now
U in State affairs. When a^ked whether
ie had reaffirmed his dec . r tionatA>
byTllle, that he would ruu for Uo\erIgor
next year, if necessary in his opinion,
he said that he stood by what b~
bad said at Abbeville. He said: "Yoi
just go on and let them do their tooting
and put out their ticket, and then we
ill see." Senator Tillman went on to
any that in the five meetings that he
attended that he had more people than
ere at all the campaign meetings. He
aaid he was not talking politics, but
that the cotton crop was a little short,
and he was as happy as could be. He
spoke about the municipal fight now in
progress in New York, and seemed va
think there would be a quadranglai
contest "
It hae been learned that Judge
Simon ton has issued rules in the cases
, of the Greenwood and Woodruft "origisat
package" establishments, but he
deelined to issue temporary injunctions,
and refused to let the establishments
continue business, as he did the general
"original package" places. This
it, oi coarse, taken by the State to
mean that Judge Simonton is inclined
to be against the "original package"
establishments in"dry" towns, aod
thai the State will win in its fight in
these particular cases. At all events it
is a most interesting phase of the question
that has been presented. Blutbeu
tfhe temporary injunction granted in
4m Union ease, which was of an omnibm
character. The State baa refused
to raise ao the liquor seized there.
It has been definitely deoided that
there will be no increase of freight rates
on the railroads of this State in the near
latnre. Some time ago the roads pretested
to the State Railroad Commis?ion
a request for an increase of rates
and there was a big hearing over the
matter. Recently the Florida Central
and Peninsular system presented a separate
additional request for en increase
-on their tinea. The Georgia and North
Carolina Commissioners some time ago
were asked for reductions by certain
orfcea, last week the entire matter was
Wm up by the local Commission snd
aU requests were refused, commissioner
Thomas, however, advocating very
^mhbIb ? in r\ma inctnn?c
! The State Sinking Fund Commission
held a meeting last week. A great
many matter* of no pnblic interest
were disposed of, numerous discharges
of property taken for delinquent taxes
being granted upon the liquidation of
the claims of the State. The board
considered at some length the application
of Mr. L. C. Lachicotte for a
twenty-year lease of the State's oyster
beds, located in a branch of Murrtll's
giving him the exclusive right
to plant'ana gather oysters therefrom.
' For the quarter ending August 31st
the State Treasurer oollected $3,282.42
as additional fees from the various insolence
companies doing business in
this State. One-half of 1 per cent, on
jk . all premiums oollected by the companice
goes as license fees to the State. All
the collections nave practically been
made, and the Treasurer is posting his
W. books for the last quarter.
At a special meeting of Charleston
oity conncil the ma;* or nominated the
4/ ? following police officers: Chief, Wil?
'< liam A. Boyle; first lieutenant, M. J.
iMoManus; second lieutenant, E. A.
Molleubaner; third lieutenant, John
P. Dunn. It is said that the dispensary
law will be enforced better now than it
has ever been.
Gen. Hugh L. Farley died at his
home, in the suburbs of Spartanburg,
* of kidney trouble. He has been in deolining
health for some time and his
death was not unexpected. His remains
j?? were sent to Laurens for bnrial. He
"was unmarried, but leaves relatives
and many friends to mourn his loss.
Although Governor Ellerbe has discharged
all the regular and special
liquor constables, he has retained Detectives
Newbold and Eichelberger and
\ "they will move from point to point
about the State and look after the enforcement
of the dispensary law.
The O. R. & C. R. R. has reached
Gaffney, and with ite advent the oitizens
of this hustling jewel of the Piedmont
will look forward to the dawning
of an era of prosperity that-will eclipse
anything which she has done heretofore.
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A TEXTILE SCHOOL.
Mr. Tompkins* Suggestion to Establish
One at Clemson.
The Colombia Register says that at a
recent meeting of the board of trustees
of t leuison, .Mr. D. A. Tompkins, the
well known manufacturer of Charlotte,
wrote a communication to the board
suggesting that a textile school be establish
at Clemson, and the matter is
now being considered by a committee
of the trustees.
It is to he hoped that favorable action
will be taken,as Mr. Tompkins pointed
out that the establishment of such a
department would not cost more than
ten or lifteen thousand dollars and
some of the machine men would willingly
loan much of the necessary equipment.
->jr. lompKins says timuiie two immiv
tries iu the State which have expanded
more rapidly than any others in the past
few years are the manufacture of cotton
oil ami of cotton, i he oil industry furuishe.->
lucrative employment to many
young men, hut there are possibilities
in the b.is.tiess yet which can be uia le
profitable, if our young men only knew
how to uulize them. Speaking further
of the advantages of a textile school, he
says:
"iu the manufacture of cotton, the
field is i robahly still greater and tiio
importance of extending, among the
youth of the State, kuowledge of the
textile art, could hardly be properly est
timatc l lip to the present time the
rod net of the factories of your State
has been chiefly p ain wh:te cloth. Simple
as the manufacture of this cloth is,
it has been necessary to employ many
men from other sections of the couutrv
to conduct these operations in South
Carolina, while in many cases the
3*ouug graduates of our State institutions,
being untaught and unskilled in
the textile art have I e.-n compelled to
go North or West to Jind employment
in lines where their educatiou .and
training in your schools is more applicable
It is notable also that those
j young men wno warn, 10 go iuio wu?
hue of textilo manufacture do not consider
any Southern school, but go
North, either to a school or into the
shops, or in some engineer's office."
Undoubtedly such a department
would tend to siimulate the resources of
the State along the lines mentioned,
aud the trustees could not do better
than establish it as soon as j>o8H)ble,and
at the same time furnish students with
technical kuowledge which will be \ rotable
to them. The college has a large
income and could easily devote the
amount named by Mr. Tompkins to the
purpose without materially diminishing
the efficiency of any other department.
SENATOR M'.-AI/BIN.
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He Talks of His Sojourn at Mt. A'ry
aui Commends the Removal of the
'Constabulary.
l Senator John L. McLaorin s;peut a
day in .Florence last week. The Seua1
tor locks remarkably well and strong
after his recent illness, and was in ex1
cellent spirits when spoken to by a
representative of the Daily Times. He
gave a glowing account of his atay at
Mt Airv. N. C.. where he owns? beau
tiful Hammer home, stating that he and
I itovernor Ellerbe, who was with him,
had a delightful, quiet time. Ho spent
twenty-four days at Mt. Airy and said
that while there he Grained twenty-six
pounds. Speaking of the Governor he
said that he had improved wonderfully
in health; that, although when he first
went there he could eat very little of
auything, when he left chickens had increased
in price from 5$ to 7$ cents a
pound. Parenthetically the Senator
said that he himself may have had something
to do with this increase in price.
Going to matters of greater import,
Senator McLuurin said that Governor
Ellerbe was doing one of the mcst sen1
siblo things of his life in abolish .ng the
dispensary constabulary and that such
a step would meet with the approval of
90 per cent, of the people of the State.
Then, said he, the enforcement of the
law wonld be entirely in the hands of
the town, which is as it should be.
Senator McLaurin went on so say
that Governor Ellerbe was subject to a
great deal of unjust criticism, that he
bad not been given time to show what
he could do, that he was beset with difficulties
when he entered upon his administration
and that he would yet
prove himself ablh to solve satisfactorily
the difficult problems which now
confronted him and others which might
arise.
SPARE THE BIRDS.
Extracts From the . C. Game Laws
Which All Should Read.
For the information of the many who
are said to be using their shotguns
already with deadly effect upon young
partridges, the following game laws of
the State are given:
Section 432. It shall not be lawful for
any person in this State, between the
first day of April and the first day of
November, in any year hereafter, to
catch, kill or injure, or to pursue w.th
such intent, or to sell or expose for sale
any wild turkey, partridge, quail,
aropdcock, or pheasant, or between the
first day of March and the first day of
August any dove, or at any time during
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lue your if vaicu, am or lujure, or 10
pursue with such intent, by firelight,
anv of the birds named jn this section.
And any person so doing shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and upou
conviction thereof shall be fined not
more than $20 or be imprisoned not
more than 30 days.
Sec. 1, Act 13J3. That it shall not be
lawful after the pa* sage of this act to
sell or ex]>ose for sale any partridge,
quail, woodcock or pneasant, deer or
wild turkey, within the State, for the
sj>ace of five (3) years. Any person so
doing shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
and upon conviotiou thereof
shall be fined not more than ten ($10)
dollars, or be imprisoned not more than
ten (10) days for each offense.
The city of Lelpsic. for many years
the residence of Hubert Schumann, is
soon to have a monument to the great
musician. The model has been mad.;
by Werner Stein, who received the order
for it from a wealthy woman oi
that city, an amateur of music, whose
name !?* not revealed.
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The Whitecappers of Fairfield
Found Not Guilty.
REWARD FOR A MURDERER.
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A Girl Scalped?New Enterprises.
Can't Sell Liquor in Dry Towns.
Norton Sustained.
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Since the publication of Comptroller
Geueral Norton's opinion to the effect
! that failure to pay a poll tax was not a
! misdemeanor and was onl3' punishable
' by disfranchisement, there has been
| much discussion of the question. It has
I beeu held by several lawyers of theCoI
lumbia bar that section 377 of the gen|
eral statutes did make non-payment a
| misdemeanor. Code Commissioner
Ureazenle sides with Comptroller Norton.
He writes to *he latter:
"I write to say that [ agree with j'ou
as to your construction of the law reia- j
tiug to the poll tax, but as some may |
think the code commissioner inserted I
section 3T7 of the criminal statutes with- j
ont knowing better, ? ask to refer you :
to my report made when f submitted my I
work, which vou will tind on page 342 j
of reports ami resolutions, 1333. I re- 1
commended the enactment of section 1
377 to make it law Please refer to the
report, and I would be glad that you
quote what I sa d, which is a contirma- |
j tion of your opinion, as the general asj
sembly did not re-euact the section as I
' recommended."
I The extract from Mr. Breazeale's re- |
I port referred to is as follows:
i "Non-payment of poll tax should be
I made a permanent offense, and thereby
! save the necessity of inserting a j>eualty
< therefor in every supply bi>l. 1 have
! inserted it in the criminal law as section
J S? J, but if the legislature agrees with
I me it will be necessary to enact that
j section." j
The publishing committee of the Cotton
Plant decided to award the contract
for the publication of that paper to Col.
J. A. tloyt, of tireeuville. The committee
had a number of flattering offers
! to take charge of the publication, but
1 thought that of Col. Hoyt the best, and
(to this was added the fact that the Cotton
Plant saw its palmiest days under
the management of Hoyt and tCeys, and
tbat when they had charge of the paper
it had a circulation of over f even thousand.
The publishing committee of the
Cotton Plant is to retain nomiual con
iroi 01 me poncy ui iu? pa|>ci, ouu ? i?
select some one to take charge of the
Alliance department of the paper. Col.
Hovt will have charge of the editorial
department, which is to be in the agricultural
iuterestof the State. One of
the purines of the Cotton .Plant will be
to revive the Alliance for business reasons.
Some days ago it was mentioned that
the policy the State had determined to
pursue in regard to the dispensary litigation
was to use every means to advance
the Vandercook case on the docket
aud endeavor to get a decision from the
United Estates (supreme Court on the
mam issue?the right of dealers outside
the (state to sell liquor in original packages
in this State?by Nov. 15. It has
been ascertained that the attorney general's
office hasoommunicated with Mr.
Bryan of the other side and at present
preparations are being made to get the
case ready for tiling. ?The State.
The Secretary of State has granted
the following charters: Grange Keal
Estate Investment Company, of Bishopville,
the capital stock of which is $3,000;
the Charleston Edison Light and
Power Company; the capital stock is
to be $1(X,000, divided into shares of
$100 each; the Hotel Calhoun Company,
Charleston; the Pine Hill Agricultural, :
Mechanic:.1 and Stock Show Association.
of Dunklin, Greenville county, a
colored fair association which proroses
to s ive fair. eto.. all on a capital i
StOCK Of $1 (X).
At Winsboro the jury in the Mormon
whitecap case rendered a verdict of not {
guilty after a deliberation of thirty-one |
hoars. It is said the jary stood eleven
foracqaitt&l and one for conviction when
thev came in the oonrt room and notified
Judge 13enet they could not agree.
The Judge sent them back, telling
them to try again, and if a verdict could
not be reached be would have to order
a mistrial. In about fifteen minutes
I they came out with a verdict of not
guilty. _
| A serious accident occurred at the
; Manchester mill, in Pock Hill. A
young girl named Outlaw, one of the
| operatives in the mill, in some way beI
came entangled in the machinery and
had her hand broken up and her entire
scalp torn away from her head. Not I
only the scalp proper, but the peras- i
teum was taken, leaving the skull perfectly
destitute. The physician says !
that there is only a very slight chance I
for |
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The State authorities are going right
ahead with their policy in regard to
closing original package stores in dry
towns. Governor Ellerbe has ordered
I O. P. stores at Williamston, Elko and j
Cowpens closed up, the stock seized j
and tue proprietors arrested. He in-|
tends to have every Ruch store in the ;
| State proceeded against in the same i
I manner.
A reward of SI50 has beeu oftered by !
the Governor for the arrest, with proof
; to convict, of Charles Walton, who
murdered Willian McDaniel, in Aiken j
county, on September lath.
The State Board of Health met in
Columbia and decided that they would
take no chance3 in yellow jack being ;
brought into the State, ana prepared a
set of rules for the several municipal |
boards of health throughout the State,
instructing them to fumigate all refugees,
effects and baggasre, also saying
that the germs would live anywhere.
On request of Gov. Atkinson, of
Georgia, Got. Ellerbe has granted
permission to the Augusta riflemen to
hare a range in North Augusta, S. C.
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EXTRA FIN B CORN CROP.
Much Open Cotton Was Blown to the
Ground on the 21st and 22ti.
The following is the last crop bulletin
for the season of 1897, as issued by Observer
Bauer, showing the condition ol
the crop for the past week:
Cotton reports are featureless for the
week, except that much open cotton was
blown to the ground on the 21st and
22d, aua beat into the dirt and stained
by the heavy rains. Cotton picking wa?
delayed from one to three days by the
uutavorable weather aud the heretofore
rapid opening of immature bolls was
largely checked. Otherwise the rain
w as of no benefit to cotton, which is now
so far advanced as tube beyond liability
of injury by frost, there being practically
no "top crop " Cotton in many
places is nearly all open and over hall
<?t liie rroi> has been leathered. '1 lie
yield is report*.(1 to be smaller than expected
and generally disappointing.
lhere are many actions which will
no doubt make a full crop but such reports
of yields falling below an average.
>ea Island cotton was nut injured by
the storm, on the contraiy, the rain
will materially help the "top crop" oi
which there is a fair promise.
Corn is being gathered and the croj
is generally reported to be a full one
and in places an extra tine one. Jn the
extreme no* thwestern counties where
corn was planted late, fodder is still
being pulled, but even there tho ears
are matured and 110 longer subject to
weather conditions.
lt>ce harvest w;<s somewhat delayed
early in the week but was resumed during
the latter i>ortion and is now practically
completed. There are a few reports
indicating poor yields of rice, but
generally tl is crop is a full average one
or better, and has beeu secured in ex
cedent condition, it having been not all
damaged by the storm. Threshing is
well underway.
Peas were helped bv the rain and are
generally fruiting well, with exceptions
over limited areas where peas are complete
failures.
Sweet potatoes show improvement
since the rams and look more promising.
In the truck raising districts, plowj
ing and plauting winter vegetables is
! now under way, trith the ground in exee'leut
condit on l'or tbi< work.
Pastures which were parched and
biown have started a new growth.
Stock water is again plentiful.
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Dr. Leof the famous medicine man,
died in Greenville.
| S. t>. Godfrey, agent of the Seaboard
' Air Line railroad at Cheraw, is dead.
Burglars broke into the dispensary at
1 Greenville and took a quantity of
liquor.
Chester's "O. P." store has been
closed, and all the liquor hauled away
and stored iu the court house.
Wofford College opened with about
12-5 students appearing in the college
chapel. The attendance may reach 150
or mot e.
Frederick M. Murphy, of the University
ot Virginia, has been secured by
the South Carolina College football
team as trainer.
At Walterboro C. C. Stephens was
found not guilty, by reason of insanity,
for the killing of his brother-in-law,
i and sent to the asylnm.
The Colored Normal, Industrial, Agricultural
and Mechanical College
opened on the 29th, at urangeourg, lor
its second year's work.
Governor Ellerbe has granted a pardon
to Derry Gallard, who was convicted
at the Jnne 1396 term of the
court for Anderson conntv, before Jndge
Tovnsend, of manslaughter, and sentenced
fb two years and one month in
the penitentiary. The petition for pardon
was numerously signed by the
citizens of Anderson conntv.
While under the influence of liqnor,
Theodore MoKenzie, a deaf mate, 30
! years old, and a member of a respeota1
ble family at Kingstree, shot his
brother, Walker, in the face with
a gnu loaded with powder. Both eyes
were blown out and the flesh lacerated.
Shonld the wounds not prove fatal,
the man's face will be permanently disfigured.
Official news has been received from
Jndge Xewmrn of the United States
Court for the district of Georgia to the
eflect that he had refused to grant the
temporary restraining order in the
Bluethenm.l A Bickart original package
case as prayed for and will take no
further action in the case until the
bearing upon the rule to show cause,
returnable on October 9th in Atlanta.
VANDKKBILT'S CATTLE.
They Will Be Shown at the State Fair
at Columbia.
The State Fair of 1897 is rapidly approaching
and on all sides preparation*
are being made far in advance of the
usual period. In just about live weeks
the ;air will be at band. Every indicanon
points to the most successful fair
ever held iu the State. Columbia's citi
zens are waking all necessary arrangements
for outside attractions und
accommodations.
Secretary llolloway furnishes the following
information :
tlemson College will have a working
airy on the fair grounds during the
fair managed by Trof. J. YV. Hart. An
..xhibition in the arena in milking by
the students of the college would draw
well, showing the ; ^uug misses that
when one of these boys is secured as a
partner for life a milker would also be
obtained.
The agricultural exhibit will be under
the supervision of i'rof J. 8. Newmail,
and the mechanical will be controlled
by Crof. Wortbington.
From the interest manifested by tho
college professors, and members of the
board, as well, it can be confidently
expected that the exhibits will exceed
by far any hitherto seen on tho
grounds.
Secretary Holloway also writes that
Mr. Geo. F. Weston, of the Vanderbilt
farms it Biltmore, N. (J., expects
to bring dcwn a tine lot of Jersey cattle
for exhibition only, and subsequently
off jr them in the annual sate
of stock. 'I his, Col. Holloways says,
will afiforu \ fine opportunity to purchase
Jerbi vs of fancy strains. Mr.
Weston will also bring a few choicely
bred Berkshire boars,
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Mr. T. I, Rogers Proposes Private
Ones for Those
NOW RUN BY THE STATE.
He Would Not Operate It In the Name
of the State or Through State Officials.
The following is one of the letters
from members of the General Assembly
relative to the dispensary problem,
which were published in the News and
Courier some weeks ago:
Bennettsvilio, S. C.: Your question
concerning the liquor question is a
veritable probe, going straight, I dare
pa}-, to the very heart of every member's
most earnest thoughts. This
eternal conflict between State law and
Federal court can but engage the attention
of every patriot and compel
earnest study by every faithful representative
of the people. How can
peace, quiet and contentment be made
to take the place of strife, turmoil
and agitation? That the
dispensary has worked well and
done good ' in communities where
it has received the apprc-al of the people
or even beeu respected because it
w as law. I can s?.e no room to doubt I
believe it bas in such communities
greatly reduced, if it has not minimized
the evils ot the liquor tramc. m oiuer
quarters it has proved less efficient and
salutary by reason of the violent opposition
ami obstruction of many good
citizens of high standing in church and
Bociety, controlled by blind prejudice,
eueeuderad rather by obnoxious provisions
for the conduct and enforcement of
the system than by the principles involved
in the system itself. I have no
reference now to the opi>osition or violations
of the law by ex liquor dealers
?such opposition as that is to be expected
to every statute. I refer to the
opposition of good citizens who have no
personal interest atlected, but who for
one cause or another have either violated
the law themselves or encouraged
others to do so. It appears to be an anomaly,
but nevertheless a fact, that
good citizens have frequently been
found openly obstructing this law, forgetting
for the time the first duty of all
citizens, namely, obedience to law so
long as it is law. I have never been
able to understand how they could hope
py such conduct to accomplish beneficent
results. I believe the obnoxious
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enforcement of the dispensary system
would have been repealed ere now but
for this very bitterness of those on
posed to the system, and the reflex influence
upon its supporters, making
them stubborn and more determined,
and less competent to see or recognize
their errors, much less acknowledge
them.
liad I the power to mould public sentiment,
to a! lay passion and- oliberate
prejudice, 1 have no hesitation in saying
that I would lop off" the constabulary
and enforce liquor laws through the
ususual channels. I would abolish
government by injunction, and try offenders
in the usual manner, and continue
the dispensary system, but would
not operate it in the name of the State
or through ftta'e officials,
I believe in total abstinence as the
best rule of conduct for every individual
and practice it myself, but I do not
favor the enactment of a prohibitory
law. I am satisfied that it would not
operate as satisfactory as the dispensary
has done in its effects uj>on the question
of temperance. Liquor would still be
consumed by the barrel and would pay
no revenue.
The General Assembly cannot mould
sentiment by statute. We must take
human nature it is, and deal with it,
mindful of its numerous frailties,
I have given this subject much studj
and the following is the outline of a
bill I purpose introducing at the next
session:
At the next genera) election the question
of dispensary or no dispensary
shall be submitted to the qualified
voters of each county in the State. II
a majority in a count v vote against it,
then no liquor shall oe sold iu that
county for four years. If a majority in
any county vote in favor, then the
same question shail be submitted to the
qualified voters of each incorporated
town or city in the county which keep*
at least two policemen regularly employed.
If a majority in the town vote
iu favor, then the mayor of the town
thall let the dispensary for one year tc
the highest bidder, provided the bid
does not fall below a figure to be stipulated
for each town. The revenue
thus raised shall be apportioned,
one-third each, to the town, countj
and State.
The purchaser shall be allowed tc
open a stipulated number of dispensaries
in the towr, and shall be required
to operate them under the same rulei
and regulations now governing dis,,/jnact-u
ourl aneh further nrovisions ai
from time to time may be required bj
law. The question to be voted on it
the same manner at the expiration
of four years (two if preferred).
If this kind of law is enacted tli?
Htate goes out of the business; each
and every community has local option,
each and every office necessary now t<
run the despensary will be abolished; i
large revenue will be derived front
liquor, as there should be when it it
so.d in any manner, under any system.
The law will be self enforcing, becausi
backed by the approval of the commun
ity and watched over by the self-interest
of the holder of the franchise.
Every provision of the present law
which can in any sense be termed "s
police regulation" will be thrown
around the liquor traffic, and tht
cause of temperance and good ordei
promoted.
In addition to the above I would re
quire the dispenser to give a heavy bond
and provide heavy penalties for violations
by him, making him liable to
criminal indictment and for damages
for breach of con tract, bat allow him
and all other offenders fall and fait
trial, by jnryof his countrymen, before
punishment. T. L Rogers.
N. B. ?The purchaser of the franchise
to be allowed to bny his goods when
and where he sees lit, but required to
warrant them, and liable to damages
when found to fall'below guarantee.
' T. L B.
NO MORE ROBBINC NESTS.
i The Government Puts a Stop to ? Very j%a
Profitable Industry.
After having been despoiled of their i
I eggs for forty-five years, as regularly . *|jjg
as the laying season came round, the. vSf!
sea birds that inhabit the Farallones : jL
have been taken under the protecting ,
wing of the United States.
No more will the pretty spotted and :'j&8
mottled eggs grace the tables of those
who are fond of them, or enable the
cheap restaurant to advertise "four
fresh ranch eggs, scrambled, for ten , Sa
cents."
The edict has gone forth that the
birds must be protected, and protected
they will be, for Uncle Sam has a habit
of doing such thiugs thoroughly when '
he starts to do them at all, and there
i is no reason to suppose that he will >
! make this case an exception.
A year or more ago a rumor reached *'f
the ears of the powers that be at Wash- #
ington that the great natural aviary on
; the island was being destroyed, be- . . /.'$!
cause during tbe nesting season thou- . 1 m
sands of eggs were taken from the
rocks and sent to San Francisco and w
1 interior towns to be sold.
Indue time a representative of the -Ag
! Smitbsoniau Institution, deeply learned
: in bird lore, went to Ine Farallones
i and made an exhaustive study of the / iM
i Ruhipft. ' .'JnH
| His report wa3 evidently against this ^1
continuance of the industry, for after c
j the customary red tape had been un- !
1 wound Head Keeper Beemau of the A
! island lighthouse received a curt oom- Jfrl
j raunication from the Lighthouse DeI
partment stating that in future no egg- Jjfl
| collecting, except for the use of those ,
who made their homes on the desolate 'jj
pile of rocks, would be allowed.
Thus perished one of the most pio- '.vSB
turesque industries of the Pacific
Slope and one that furnished the peo- * ^
plo of Sa? Francisco with an article of " * '. jjW
food not enjoyed by any other seaport
in the country.
| The stopping of the egg-picking
brings to mind the experience of the 7x1
first man who embarked in the bnsi- J
I ness?none other than John A. Rnssell,
the veteran and widely known
clerk of the local board of supervisor* J
It was in the latter part of 1830 that
Mr. Russell, then a lad of eighteen, '3
came down from the mines with a '
goodly sack of gold dust and nuggets J
that he had accumulated by delving in
the earth.
He was looking for a profitable in- h
vestment, and not long after his arrival ;
here fell in with the cook of the
pilot boat that at that time sj^p^^I|j
i guaru at tuo euuuutc ui iuc
i Gate. i 4 |
( The man had seen lions of ;
; sea birds nesting on the rocks, and '
drew such alluring pictures of the M
! money to be made by landing the big ' Ml
I eggs in this chy, wh n-e at tiiat time fl
! chicken fruit was not over-plentiful,
that young Russell at last consented ' iB
to furnish the sinews of war for th^ v?4
enterprise, the cook's contribution to
the assets of the firm to be his labor
and experience in gathering the eggs,
getting them to this city and finding a JflH
market. A stout sloop was purchased
aud an outfit made ready at a total coBt
of about $3000.
When the egg season arrived the
expectations of the partners were .
I more than realized. The first cargo v 'ag
1 that arrived sold like the proverbial ,, 9
I hot cakes at the prices of early days, y
' ????? arrrta finblinff > I
tut) uitj, qucci-iwaiug ?v?>u.0 ?-??
the fancy as well as the palates of the
pioneers.
Within a few days contracts with a
number of hptels had been made at *"^9B
lucrative rates, and the sloop made all
haste back across the twenty-three
miles of water that intervened between
the gate and the lonely rocks, at that time
inhabited only by seal hunters. '-^9
Several cargoes of eggs wore landed
at an average profit of $1500 a trip, i
and the vessel and her fitting oat
were soon paid for.?San Francisco
Folion Ivy.
Should yon chance to come across
children with their little faces puffed
out and spotted, do not flee from them
while laboring under the impression 'm
that they are victims of measles, scar- ' 'J
| let fever or scarlatina. It's aa odds- fg
j on chance, as horsemeu say, that '
they've only been out to one of the* *3
I mauy local parks enjoying themselves 4
and that they had come into contact
with ivy poison. Notwithstanding
the fact that park gardeners aud laborera
are always on the qui vive for this
Iueiesiauiti vtuo auu ucouuj i? "X"-i8
ever met with, it is constantly spring:
ing up in unexpected p'aees, and is
j disagreeable, though not daugeroas,
j in its effects.
While many persons are impervious j /?
to the effects of poison ivy, and many TPjjg*
' handle it freely, it is a well known fact
I among scientists that others are
affected by it even though they do not ?
touch it, and are blotched a id swollen, j$j
1 even if only the wind from the direcj
tion of its lair blows upon exposed
i parts of their body. Tae poison is ' _ .:aj|
exceedingly painful, but it is quickly ; J?|?
I cured by the applicatioa of another
! poison?a deadly one?sugar of lead,
dissolved iu water.?New York Commercial
Advertiser.
A Fortune in Sea Otters.
The schooners that have been out A J
after sea otters have struck a second
Klondike. The season is only half
over, bat according to reports from
Captain Smalries of the schooner ; <#9
Theresa four schooners have netted
about 863,000 in the aggregate for three
months' work. Sea-otter skins are
worth in the English market about
$1000 each. According to private ad- '
vices, on July 8 the Herman had
eighteen skins, the Rattler twenty, the
Eppinger seven and the Kate and Ann
i eighteen. Every hunter ou e^toh of . ? >2x1
I these vessels will have as much money
coming to him when his schooner - 'l
reaches port as though he had made a
successful trip to the Klondike.?San J
Francisco Call _ '' *2